Even though people are staying in homes under lockdown, banks are continuously opening. However, their opening timings may be slightly altered. Talking about bank holidays, a total of 56 holidays are taking place in the next seven months including gazetted and local. These do not include Sundays and second-fourth Saturdays. It is a different matter that some holidays are also falling on Sundays and Saturdays. The least 3 holidays are falling in September and the maximum 10 holidays are in August.
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According to the Reserve Bank’s list, except Sundays and Sunday and Fourth Saturday, there are 7 holidays in June, 6 in July, 11 in August, 3 in September, 10 in October, 9 in November and 10 December holidays. View list of major holidays from June 2020 to December 2020…
The date | day | The holiday | description |
18 June | Thursday | Guru Hargobind ji Jayanti | Local holiday |
23 June | Tuesday | Chariot Festival | Local holiday |
31 July | Friday | Bakrid | Gazetted holiday |
03 August | Monday | Raksha Bandhan | Local holiday |
11 August | Tuesday | Shree krishna janmashtami | Local holiday |
12 August | Wednesday | Shree krishna janmashtami | Gazetted holiday |
August 15 | Saturday | Independence day | Gazetted holiday |
21 August | Friday | Teej (Haritalika) | Local holiday |
22 August | Saturday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Local holiday |
30 August | Sunday | Muharram | Gazetted holiday |
31 August | Monday | Onam | Local holiday |
02 October | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | Gazetted holiday |
08 October | Thursday | Chehalum | Local holiday |
24 October | Saturday | Mahanavami | Local holiday |
25 October | Sunday | Dussehra | Gazetted holiday |
30 October | Friday | Baravafat (Eid-e-Milad) | Gazetted holiday |
31 October | Saturday | Birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki and Sardar Patel | Local holiday |
04 November | Wednesday | Karva Chauth | Local holiday |
13 November | Friday | Hell chaturdashi | Local holiday |
14 November | Saturday | Deepawali | Gazetted holiday |
Nov 15 | Sunday | Goverment worship | Local holiday |
16 November | Monday | Bhai Dooj | Local holiday |
20 November | Friday | Chhath Puja | Local holiday |
24 November | Tuesday | Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day | Local holiday |
30 November | Monday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Gazetted holiday |
25 December | Friday | Christmas | Gazetted holiday |